Happy Little Stampers September 2021 Anything Goes with Dies Challenge...Phone Booth 'inside' pages

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Welcome to Happy Little Stampers September 2021 Anything Goes with Dies Challenge.

Last month, I shared my Elizabeth Craft Designs phone booth; this month, I'm playing with several of the assorted stamp and dies accessories to create two more pages for my budding little journal. The first is entirely from the kit, while the second includes a separate die set: the adorable little giraffe. He is incredibly cute but I must say, adding those die cut spots, wee hooves and antler dots does take time! Good thing I don't mind these little fiddly excursions, especially when the results are rather sweet! 

That's it from me! Check out what my talented teammates have created, then bring out 

your dies and join us in the gallery!

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Happy Little Stampers September 2021 Stencil Challenge~Anything Goes...

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Welcome to Happy Little Stampers September 2021 Stencil Challenge, where Anything Goes is always the theme. Let your stencils be the star-of-the-stage!

Hard to believe but: I used 7 stencils to create this very simple card: 5 as part of the Pinkfresh Studio Layering Butterfly set; 1 from Taylored Expressions to 'mask' the rectangle *sky* area; 1 from MFT to create the clouds. Made in minutes...love when that happens!

Head over to the main blog where you'll see sensational stencil delights from my teammates. 

Hope you'll join us; looking forward to seeing which stencils from your collection you'll be sharing with us!

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Happy Little Stampers September 2021 Christmas Challenge~Anything Goes (optional twist: Non-Traditional)...Christmas Roses Peace

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Welcome to Happy Little Stampers September 2021 Christmas Challenge. Anything Goes is always the theme, with an optional twist which, this month, is Non-Traditional. You'll see a wonderful mix of both choices on the main blog. 

I went incredibly simple with a very traditional card (I know...being a rebel!). Gorgeous Christmas Rose papers from P13, paired with a gold die cut sentiment from PhotoPlay. I have plenty of this paper so more versions of this are on my agenda!

That's it from me; please head over to the blog to see my talented teammates' festive delights.

Looking forward to seeing your Christmas makes in the gallery!

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Inkspirational Challenge #247~Designer's Choice: Autumn Leaves....Happy October Birthday

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Before I share challenge details with you: some news to report. Our lovely Shauna has made the difficult decision to step down from the Inkspirational team, after nearly 9 years of sharing fabulous cards, leaving wonderful comments for our participants, handling the scene behind the winners' posts and being, overall, an awesome member of the INK family! Shauna, you have no idea how much we - and our fans - will miss you immensely! Hope you'll continue to join us in the gallery when you can. Know that we'll always warmly welcome you back!

Inkspirational Challenge #247 is Designer's Choice; our delightful Lindsey has selected Autumn Leaves as our inspiration for the next two weeks. Given how quickly the leaves are donning their fall-flair where I live, this is a most timely, beautiful choice! 

Another debut (from last year...I know!) of products from The Stamp Market: embroidery hoop, mini leaves and plaid stencil. The colours were inspired by a snippet of patterned paper in my collection. Sentiment from Concord & 9th's now-retired months set. I love love love the font! 

Please check out my teammates' photo-inspired delights, then play along with us!

Marina, Pia, Marlena, Lindsey

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Just Us Girls Challenge #600~Word Week: 6 of ANYTHING and Giveaway...6 Halloween Sticky Note Holders

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Welcome to the 600th - yes, 600! - challenge at Just Us Girls!  To mark this impressive milestone, Vicki has selected *6 of Anything* for this week's challenge. Papers, layers, images, die-cuts...whatever you choose, as long as it's *6* works! 

Plus:  WE HAVE PRIZES!!

Thanks to Angie, we're offering this fabulous giveaway from Creative Expressions:

Talk about incentive to play along!

We're also excited to have incredibly talented Loll Thompson joining us as our September Guest Designer. I know she'll dazzle us all month long with her amazing creativity! If you have a chance to drop in at her blog, as well as those of my teammates, and leave a comment, that would be wonderful.

Yes, it's only the beginning of September, but already my thoughts are turning to Halloween as the next 'big occasion' for my crafting. Here, I've created 6 post-it-note holders (for the 3 x 3" size), each with a bow, a spider and a sentiment label. I think they'd make fun, practical-ish gifts for teachers come Oct. 31st. 

That's it from me; looking forward to seeing how *6 of Anything* inspires you!

Thank you for dropping by!

Happy Little Stampers September 2021 CAS Challenge~Winged Things...Waffle Flower Unicorn

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Welcome to Happy Little Stampers September 2021 CAS Challenge, where we're inviting you to showcase 'winged things' on your projects. Butterflies, planes, dragonflies...so many choices, right!

My Waffle Flower Unicorn is finally making its debut...with its adorable itty-bitty wings! So dang cute!  Even though this sweet die occupies most of the card panel, cutting it in white maximizes white space, with a few pops of colour.  No sentiment; I think the heart says it all! 

That's it from me! Please head over to the blog to see how my talented teammates interpreted this month's theme. A reminder that we're looking for CAS designs.

See you in the gallery!

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Color Hues Challenge #25~Yellow and Orange (First Year Celebration)...PFS Stenciled Butterfly Thank You

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Whoosh...and suddenly it's September! The summer passed so quickly, even though the days upon days of heat and smoke seemed to linger for ages. Now, the mornings are cooler, the evening comes earlier and the leaves - already - are beginning to don their Fall flair. While I'm happy that we're not experiencing the +30C temperatures, I'm not quite ready to embrace the change of seasons just yet. I want time to slow down a bit! 

On a super positive note, though, September brings some very exciting news here at Colour Hues: the celebration of our One Year Anniversary! What, may you ask, does this celebration entail?

• First, a fabulous new challenge, where Karen is inviting us to play with hues of yellow and orange for the next two weeks.

• Second, a fabulous prize for TWO Winners, who will each receive a Simon Says Stamp Gift certificate for $25.00. Talk about incentive to play along!  
• Third, a warm welcome to our newest member of the design team: Tracey McNeely from In My Creative Opinion fame. We're thrilled that Tracey will be sharing her amazing creativity with all of us. 

So...that said, here's my card: a compilation of older/new Pinkfresh Studio stencils/dies and a Stamp Market sentiment. The butterfly is blended with Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold and Crackling Campfire, with Mustard Seed carrying on into the background.

 

I opted for a Thank You card to express gratitude to my wonder teammates and to all of you,

our participants, who have embraced this challenge with such enthusiasm and creativity! 

YOU have made this celebration possible! 

Please visit our talented lineup of designers, then join us in the gallery!

Angie - Guest Designer

Nancy

Hannelie

Cindy

Julie

Sheri

Kristie

Lindsey

Karen

Tracey

This challenge will be open until September 14th @ 9AM!

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge goes live.

The TWO overall winners will have the opportunity to be 

future Guest Designers!

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